THIS LAW OF COST IS ALSO MENTAL LAW. This poor woman must have found it very difficult to come to Christ, for at least two reasons.1. When she had owned her Lord, she put both her hands on mine, and said emphatically, "With all my heart I thank you for this; I shall never be ashamed of Christ now. Simply because He loves her too well to let her go away with half a blessing. Note, first, she felt that it was of no use being in the crowd, of no use to be in the same street with Christ, or near to the place where Christ was, but she must get at Him; she must touch Him. He said, "Go in peace." )LinksLuke 8:48 NIVLuke 8:48 NLTLuke 8:48 ESVLuke 8:48 NASBLuke 8:48 KJVLuke 8:48 Bible AppsLuke 8:48 ParallelLuke 8:48 Biblia ParalelaLuke 8:48 Chinese BibleLuke 8:48 French BibleLuke 8:48 German BibleLuke 8:48 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)To assert His right to be glorified for what He has done.4. Certainly she was buoyed up with the hope that it would yield to the skill of physicians. (4) regarding your hopes. They will tell you, "Merry-man is all very well for the youngsters, and Devotee suits the women, but for a sensible practical man, commend me to Apathy. And He said, in His gentle, compassionate fashion, “Daughter, your faith has made you whole. We learn in suffering what we teach in song.(R. He said, "Daughter!" This poor woman must have found it very difficult to come to Christ, for at least two reasons.1. The Lord's look of anger and pity on His opponents. When she reached home everybody would see that she was quite another person; and when they asked how it came to pass, she could tell them all about5. When she had owned her Lord, she put both her hands on mine, and said emphatically, "With all my heart I thank you for this; I shall never be ashamed of Christ now. )An ungrateful reception of healingH. That we should confess gladly and gratefully before men all the good we have received at His hands.4. "Where is the power?" II. Looking thus to the general scope of the teaching of Christ, we have no difficulty in seeing what religion was meant by Him to be in relation to all moral and spiritual disability and disease. SOCIETY AND LONELINESS. she asked. The gospel tells us we are to he justified by faith; we are to believe in Jesus Christ, and on the ground of His great sacrifice on our behalf we shall be accepted as just, though we ourselves have sinned. Touch Jesus. He does not approve of Merryman's prescriptions. As long as we suppose that a slight change, a little penitence and contrition, will suffice; so long, not heartily applying to Christ for the blessings we want, we shall go empty away.III. In Christ there is healing for all spiritual diseases. We read of this woman, that though she suffered much, she was nothing better, but rather grew worse. But Greece, and Rome — what power had they to impart purity to each other? Spurgeon. Scarcely a people have ever been evangelized without the baptism of blood. 1. According to the Hebrew law she was impure, and made all she touched impure; but she ventured to touch Jesus, and, instead of making Him unclean, He makes her clean and whole. By this He saved her from a host of fears which would have haunted her. In our day, it is true, we hear little and know less of the coarser and more outrageous means which were once universally approved for effecting spiritual cures. Jesus meant that power had gone out from Him. Is that your business? And it does not look as though it were wicked. And from over us will the cloud sometimes pass as quickly as in this case. Thus touch is strength (Daniel 10:10, 16, 18).4. 31 "You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, ’Who touched me?’" 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. It may have been a relative want of appreciation of the greatness of the favour. Spurgeon. The price of wisdom is above rubies. DO not wait till you have altered this, or improved that; all that can be done afterwards. Why? )Glimpses of JesusW. Twelve years' misery, labour, expense, and disappointment are all at an end. To tell of garment touched and ended woe. You should tell your household what grace has done for you.5. There was the difficulty of the crowd. She was not so mistrustful.(C. Hall, LL. Yes, and this woman was a very insignificant person — only a woman! Learning, rightly apprehended, is not mere passive reception, as of water into a cistern, bringing with it all the accidents and impurities of roof or aqueduct. The struggle for existence is subordinated to the struggle for a higher perfection. BUT THIS LAW OF COST IS PRE-EMINENTLY SPIRITUAL LAW. When James Watt mastered the principle of the expansive power of steam, not only the little cloud of vapour that issued from his mother's tea kettle was under his control, but all the steam that could be generated by the stored up combustibles of the world was really his. )Men speak of killing two birds with one stone, but my Lord heals many souls on one journey.(C. H. Spurgeon.I. THIS LAW OF COST IS ALSO ECONOMIC LAW. We are all sick in our souls. Beloved, the miracles of Christ were the seals which God gave to His mission. THE SENSITIVENESS OF CHRIST. We have seen what the woman had done; now let us think of WHAT HAD COME OF IT. So it has been, and so it shall be, in essence, to the end. NOW, as Jesus knows of your salvation, He wishes other people to know it.(C. says one, "I could not tell of what the Lord has done for me, because mine is such a sorrowful story." M. Efforts after salvation made in your own strength act like the struggles of a drowning man, which sink the more surely. In agriculture, what we call the bounty of nature, the gift outright, comes a long way short of what is needed even for merest comfort. Why? Jesus turned and saw her. SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. )Touches that do not touch; or contact without sympathyH. Ah! This excited the wonder of the disciples.1. How solemn that careful, all-comprehending scrutiny of all that He found there.(A. The people thronged Him; and no wonder, for He was on His way to heal the ruler's daughter. The loving address — "daughter."2. AN ACTUAL TOUCH. THIS LAW OF COST IS ALSO MENTAL LAW. Simple as faith is, it is never-failing.IV. II. Simpson on his death-bed told a friend that he awaited his great change with the contented confidence of a little child. Consult your own consciences and history, and everyone will know in himself that there was need for such a remedy — that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." P. This poor woman must have found it very difficult to come to Christ, for at least two reasons.1. A remedy suggests the evil which is to be remedied. When she reached home everybody would see that she was quite another person; and when they asked how it came to pass, she could tell them all about5. She was ceremoniously unclean. Her being brought out had the best of consequences. Christ will not pass us in a crowd.VIII. Are you going to be like mice, which only come out at night to nibble in the pantry? Because His will is always for the health and salvation of men. He laid no injunction upon those whom He healed that they should tell every one of the marvel.3. They began by saying, "You have tried So-and-so, but he is a mere quack; mine is a scientific remedy." When they heard her story, did they not treasure it up, and speak of it to one another in after days, and thereby strengthen each other's faith?5. Christ alone knew the trials to which this woman would be exposed at home.2. W. It was not in mere assertion of authority that He called her forth. This brings to our notice, in the third place, WHAT THIS WOMAN DID AT LAST.1. All spiritual blessings may be ours, if only we will believe in Christ's goodness and grace, and come to Him. The gospel is the remedy, and the fact of the gospel being provided is a sufficient proof of the necessity of it. If the wonders which He wrought were not made known, the seals of His mission would have been concealed, and so would have lost much of their effect. THIS LAW OF COST IS ALSO ECONOMIC LAW. 1. Yes, and this woman was a very insignificant person — only a woman! Secondly, HER HIDING WAS NOT PERMITTED BY THE SAVIOUR. Not from ignorance.2. Not from ignorance.2. The crowd was between her and the Lord.III. This is where Dr. Apathy lives. III. HOW GREAT AND MYSTERIOUS THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHING TO TOUCH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.1. AN ACTUAL TOUCH. He requires from all men the public profession of His name. Virtue has gone out of Me to ONE WHO HAS OVERCOME GREAT DIFFICULTIES. “And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. It could not have been easy for her to press through that curious throng of stronger ones, but she does it until she even grasps His garment's hem, and then He turns and speaks the healing word. Many thronged and pressed upon Christ; many touched His clothes; yet only one touched Him.3. He laid no injunction upon those whom He healed that they should tell every one of the marvel. So of all industry and useful art. H. People live together in bodily contact. Scarcely a man has ever been signally useful without the baptism of some great sorrow. Virtue is gone out of Me to one WHO MUST CONFESS THE TRUTH.(J. Suppose that this woman had supposed such a sad thing, and had said, "O Lord, I cannot confess that Thou hast healed me, for I do not know how I may be in six months' time." It is water in oak, or elm, making its way up through living tissue, filtered as it ascends, shaking out its leafy banner, hardening into toughest fibre.IV. Impossible then to have the clear and distinct ideas that we may now. Lack of faith, not lack of need. )The cost of serviceR. They live in agreement only as to bodily conditions. In addition to this, remember that the Saviour did not court publicity. That we should commune with Him with the greatest freedom and openness.3. A universal remedy indicates a universal necessity.II. Alas l many have never come to this gracious resolution, because they cherish a vain hope, and are misled by an idle dream. Some of you may remember her, with her sweet countenance, and venerable bearing. Do any of you wish to live unto yourselves? SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. The spontaneous products of nature are scanty. Was it not so with this woman? Why? Cox, D. D., G. MacDonald.Who is this wan, feeble woman that struggles through the swaying crowd, and watches her opportunity to stoop and lay her hand on the Healer's garment? Virtue has gone out of Me to ONE WHO HAS FAITH. She did, and the mighty force was instantly turned on, the wheels moved, and the place was alive with activity. - A.R. Had it been a despairing state, we could hardly have blamed her. When the Christian can grasp this truth of the power of faith, the infinite spiritual resources of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost are his. 1. Spurgeon. Who are you that you should rob God of His praise? In the case before us, the woman's confession was doubtless intended to strengthen the faith of Jairus, who was sorely tried by this delay. It may have been sensibility, delicacy of feeling, shrinkingness, that kept her from speaking. This, say the Evangelists, is a poor woman afflicted for twelve years with a disorder, a haemorrhage, which was then held to warrant divorce — a disorder which rendered her" unclean "in the eyes of the law, so that she could neither enter temple nor synagogue. (3)To assert His right to be glorified for what He has done.4. The hymn, the prayer, the lesson, the mere form itself may do men good. This excited the wonder of the disciples.1. By faith we come into contact with God, and are saved; by sympathy, we come in contact with man and cure.(E. Champness.Virtue at one time meant strength, Now it is used to denote purity. That we should confess gladly and gratefully before men all the good we have received at His hands.4. Even wigwams and bearskins are no gratuities. Men scarcely know what they owe to those who fortify them in virtue; to those who make it plain to them that integrity is safe under all circumstances; to those who have walked before them in the beauty of holiness; to those who have redeemed them from the conception that religion is a bondage, and led them to see that it was an efflorescent garden full of sweet delights. Our wardrobes suggest cotton-fields, flax-fields, silkworms, flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, birds of the air, wild animals of sea and land, from pole to pole. )The woman who touchedT. Our Lord also gave her an increased blessing after her confession. In vs. 34 Jesus told the woman: "Daughter, your faith has made you well. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment. Observe, again, that this woman touched Jesus very secretly. No doubt she met with some who boasted that they could heal her complaint at once. Let us inquire —I. We have seen what the woman had done; now let us think of WHAT HAD COME OF IT. Perhaps simply because she thought the border of His garment might be most easily touched without attracting attention Beyond a doubt, her faith, though genuine, was darkened by superstition. How many there are who believe that they have been pardoned, and that the blood of Christ which takes away the stain of sin has healed them, but who consult their sensibility and their shrinking tastes, and say, "How can I speak of this?" We are told that she had suffered many things of many physicians.1. The spontaneous products of nature are scanty. "Where is the power?" Conscience would say to her, "Ah, it was a theft;" and though she might excuse herself, still she would not be easy. The Christian is not to be always wishing to expose what is in him; that were to make himself a Pharisee; but if God has put in you anything lovely, beautiful, and of good report, who are you that you should, by covering it, rob Him of His praise?2. (3)To assert His right to be glorified for what He has done.4. Seldom can we see the perfect fruit of the chastisement He allots us. Alden Davies. THE SENSITIVENESS OF CHRIST. The people thronged Him; and no wonder, for He was on His way to heal the ruler's daughter. Let us labour that our faith may be enlightened, importunate, and firm. Mind is very much more than mere passive capacity; it is vital, organizing force. And now the last point is — and I will not detain you longer upon it — IF SOMEBODY SHALL TOUCH JESUS, THE LORD WILL KNOW IT. Not from ignorance.2. Do you not think you owe it to your neighbours to show your colours? (4) regarding your hopes. Do any of you wish to live unto yourselves? Simpson on his death-bed told a friend that he awaited his great change with the contented confidence of a little child. The power of God moves in upon us at the touch of faith. Many thronged and pressed upon Christ; many touched His clothes; yet only one touched Him.3. (Preachers' Treasury. But our Master knows no limit of power or boundary of mission. But now she knew Him, and believed in Him — not in the fringe of His garment; now she had confessed Him before the multitude, and would not fear to confess Him before her friends. Morgan. There can be no faith so feeble that Christ does not respond to it. She was healed immediately. Our wardrobes suggest cotton-fields, flax-fields, silkworms, flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, birds of the air, wild animals of sea and land, from pole to pole. She, in the gospel, who but touched Christ, fetched virtue from Him. Many pretenders to new revelations are abroad, but they are physicians of no value.3. THE WOMAN IN THE CROWD DID TOUCH JESUS, AND, HAVING DONE SO, SHE RECEIVED VIRTUE FROM HIM. We must bear witness, &c. Free men.VII. Mark 5:34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Not only will it really be kind, but we shall know it to be so, and shall receive the joy of experiencing God's goodness. Beloved, that is not always the nearest fellowship with Christ of which we talk the most. May I be permitted also to say, I think you owe something to the minister who led you to Jesus?3. THE YEARNING OF CHRIST FOR NEARER PERSONAL FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN. Are you going to be like mice, which only come out at night to nibble in the pantry? (2)The spirit by which the application was distinguished. She was not so mistrustful.(C. Are you going to be mere pats, fluttering out when none will observe you, and hiding from the light? THE WOMAN IN THE CROWD DID TOUCH JESUS, AND, HAVING DONE SO, SHE RECEIVED VIRTUE FROM HIM. THE JOY OF CHRIST IN CONFERRING BENEFITS UPON HUMAN SOULS. For the good of others. It was the touch of faith.3. The question must be interpreted by the result. In addition to this, remember that the Saviour did not court publicity. He is, at this time, the fashionable doctor. Do you not think you owe something to the Church of God, which kept the gospel alive in the world for you to hear?2. Koenig's Life of Dr. Consider, therefore, concerning this woman, WHAT SHE HAD DONE. It is water in oak, or elm, making its way up through living tissue, filtered as it ascends, shaking out its leafy banner, hardening into toughest fibre.IV. The weak and sickly are left to their fate, and the sooner it comes the better, for their kindred turn from them, and their friends will not know them. Glad to have blessing from Christ, but fearing to reveal how obtained.VI. It is therefore no evidence of God's wrath, nor any sufficient reason to prove such an one to be out of His favour, whom He so holds for a long time under the cross. So confession brings peace.(C. Stanford, D. D.)Oh, dost Thou ask who touched Thy garment? They have reached the conclusion that there is no hope for them. Fasting and prayer and seclusion are his remedies. Notice, once again, that this woman touched the Master very tremblingly, and it was only a hurried touch, but still it was the touch of faith.II. 2. Either they fit each other by exact agreement, or the positive element of one is just adapted for the absence of it in the other. But especially she had to do this for her own good. How near we may be to Christ, and yet not find true spiritual healing or renewal.(T. Again, there may be difficulties in our way: but few of us have such difficulties as that poor woman. Mark —1. Still man would exercise his powers as an artist — still would he utter himself in poetry and in song, in painting and in sculpture. They fancy that salvation will come to them without their seeking it.2. We are told that she had suffered many things of many physicians.1. Then the Lord gave her a word of precious quieting. They will tell you, "Merry-man is all very well for the youngsters, and Devotee suits the women, but for a sensible practical man, commend me to Apathy. The so-called passive virtues either are not virtues, or are not passive. Conclusion: The only one in the crowd blessed. 3. He that has little to tell should tell it straight away. Alas l many have never come to this gracious resolution, because they cherish a vain hope, and are misled by an idle dream. She did, and the mighty force was instantly turned on, the wheels moved, and the place was alive with activity. But the confession had to be made for the sake of others. She did not cry aloud like the blind men.5. As much as to say: Do not stop in this crowd, to be pushed about or stared at, but go home in quiet.III. She said nothing. H. Spurgeon.I. There has been this peculiarly poignant pang about it all, that you are nothing bettered.3. Many thronged and pressed upon Christ; many touched His clothes; yet only one touched Him.3. We learn in suffering what we teach in song.(R. How solemn that careful, all-comprehending scrutiny of all that He found there.(A. Her being brought out had the best of consequences.1. It always involves a persistent effort. In fact, this woman teaches us four things about what faith looks like. Thus the moral rises above the natural, and even flatly contradicts it. (3)To assert His right to be glorified for what He has done.4. She came bravely, and spoke most sweetly for her Lord. Now I say to you, if it be an ordeal, undergo it for Christ's sake. If the wonders which He wrought were not made known, the seals of His mission would have been concealed, and so would have lost much of their effect. Why? Many pretenders to new revelations are abroad, but they are physicians of no value.3. Scarcely a people have ever been evangelized without the baptism of blood. The Old Testament is the story of the first man, and how one sin tainted the world. No fibre of her frame that did not thrill with gladness. Again, there are those who seek to touch Jesus through sacraments and ceremonies. It is worth while to note that virtue cannot leave one and pass to another without a loss to the giver. H. Spurgeon.This woman has a word for two classes. Nathaniel retired to the shade that no one might see him, but Jesus saw him and marked his prayer, and He will see thee in the crowd and in the dark, and not withhold His blessing.3. The farmer does not show his faith by lying in his bed and waiting for God to plough and harrow his field and sow his seed. Do not excuse yourselves through pretended humility. That is a good reason why you should tell it, for it will be all the easier for you to do so. Yet we should not let this deter us.2. But all the wheels were in silent inaction. We have seen what the woman had done; now let us think of WHAT HAD COME OF IT. She may have said, "How Can I speak of this? Thus does He grant to His applicants, not only the healing they pray for, but also the strength which they are content to lack. Virtue has gone out of Me to ONE WHO HAS OVERCOME GREAT DIFFICULTIES. THE WOMAN IN THE CROWD DID TOUCH JESUS, AND, HAVING DONE SO, SHE RECEIVED VIRTUE FROM HIM. When aristocratic friends call upon me I will speak to them of my Lord." "Learn —1. And the woman was healed from that hour. He is more ready to give than we to receive. So it may be. The child grows. The blood of righteous Abel inaugurated the stern economy. There is a speedy healing. It is a place so beautiful that God Himself might walk therein at eventide, as He did in Eden. A. Sin incurable by self.II. SALVATION OBTAINED — obtained by faith. This Flesh, My garment, feels but faith's right hand; All: many near Its hem, unhealed will stand! In one home they are lifted up with hope and joy; while in another there is the gloom and trouble.II. What congratulations of friends, etc. How universal the joy must have been. Eusebius goes on to argue the probability that Veronica caused it to be erected, since it was a custom of the Gentiles to erect statues to those who had healed them; and Caesarea Philippi being, not a Jewish, but a Phoenician city, mainly inhabited by Greeks, we have every reason to believe that Veronica herself was a Gentile. It always involves a persistent effort. Human history almost began with martyrdom. He requires from all men the public profession of His name. That was her sole reward for trusting and spending: she had not been relieved, much less healed; but she had suffered. Really business began to suffer; so I went to him, and he seen put me to rights. Touch Jesus, and salvation is yours at once. Not from displeasure. They have reached the conclusion that there is no hope for them. It is worth while to note that virtue cannot leave one and pass to another without a loss to the giver. (b)There was the spirit of humility.3. Her being brought out had the best of consequences.1. The crowd was between her and the Lord.III. WHY THIS TOUCH ATTRACTED THE PARTICULAR ATTENTION OF THE SAVIOUR? Many dwell together being in accord in their tastes; but in no other regards. I mean Dr. Devotee, who, like the famous Dr. Merryman, has a large number of patients, but they are generally rather older; indeed, many of them have been under Merryman till they were tired out; then they have gone over to the other side of the way .to try if Devotee could help them. Suppose that this woman had supposed such a sad thing, and had said, "O Lord, I cannot confess that Thou hast healed me, for I do not know how I may be in six months' time." Perhaps simply because she thought the border of His garment might be most easily touched without attracting attention Beyond a doubt, her faith, though genuine, was darkened by superstition. II. It would have cramped and enfeebled it, and she might never have believed in Jesus to the salvation of her soul. "Daughter," He said, "be of good cheer;Thy faith hath made thee whole";With plenteous love, not healing mere,He would content her soul.(G. Alden Davies. Now, to prepare for heaven much grace is necessary, and men must be summoned to return to Christ again and again, that they may receive far more than the blessing for which they first came. To begin with, there is the cost of raw material, come whence it may, from earth, or sea, or air. Touch is, to me, far from being that endorsement of materialism it has been described as being; it is the assurance of an inhabitant behind the gateway. That we should comply with all His solicitings, and ever seek nearer and. How near we may be to Christ, and yet not find true spiritual healing or renewal.(T. Nature cares not for gazers, and when they come to look upon her, she doth not hasten to wrap a mantle over her fair form, or throw a curtain before her grandeur. Our wardrobes suggest cotton-fields, flax-fields, silkworms, flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, birds of the air, wild animals of sea and land, from pole to pole. It would be folly to deny or attempt to hide what He has seen.2. At any rate, she soon felt the pressure of adversity. The comfortable words — "Thy faith hath made thee whole."3. II. It was not to be a system of bleeding and blistering, of curing by counter irritation, of making six days of the week holy by making the seventh miserable, of making earth a place of torment in order to render heaven accessible, of overcoming one disease by the production of another. And the moral principle which thus asserts its supremacy vindicates its claim by many fruitful results. As a last resource, she came and tried Jesus. So it may be. The gracious dismissal — "Go in peace. As another friend said to him that he might as John at the last supper, lean his head on the breast of Christ, the doctor made answer, "I fear I cannot do that, but I think I have grasped hold of the hem of His garment."(Dr. SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. Dropsies were dried up by Him. Then the Lord gave her a word of precious quieting. And now, poor convicted sinner I here comes the driving home of the nail. This is a sad, sad case l As a climax of it all, the heroine of our story had now spent all that she had. We accept Christ as our representative.(N. Trouble should drive us to Christ.3. In the exercise of faith we are sure of a blessing. I have known many persons cured of timidity by coming forward to confess Christ. It was a touch that wrought an instant and perfect cure.II. Efforts after salvation made in your own strength act like the struggles of a drowning man, which sink the more surely.2. He does not approve of Merryman's prescriptions. She touched Him, you will notice, under many difficulties. Really business began to suffer; so I went to him, and he seen put me to rights. There was another reason why she might have thought she need not make a public confession, and that was, that the Saviour was at that time exceedingly occupied.4. Now I say to you, if it be an ordeal, undergo it for Christ's sake. No doubt she met with some who boasted that they could heal her complaint at once. I have known many persons cured of timidity by coming forward to confess Christ. P. Hood.I. By this He saved her from a host of fears which would have haunted her. Meanwhile it is not faith that saves; it is faith in Jesus Christ. Learning, rightly apprehended, is not mere passive reception, as of water into a cistern, bringing with it all the accidents and impurities of roof or aqueduct. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea. She is the joy of her parents, etc. How universal the joy must have been. Insensibility has seized upon many, and a proud conceit: they are full of sin, and yet they talk of self-righteousness. Virtue has gone out of Me to ONE WHO HAS OVERCOME GREAT DIFFICULTIES. So feeling, for a moment, she comes forward and tells Him all the truth. CONSIDER THIS FEELING TOWARDS CHRIST AS FINDING RECOGNITION WIDER THAN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. IMMEDIATE HELP. "But perhaps people may not believe me." You walk the valley; the sun is shining, and a few raindrops are falling; yonder is the rainbow; a thousand eyes gaze at it. Persistent effort is not true faith, but it always accompanies true faith. Many pretenders to new revelations are abroad, but they are physicians of no value.3. 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